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today Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) broke ground on an ingredient processing facility in Cass City, Mich. The $40 million plant will serve a region where milk production is steadily outpacing local plant capacity.

Though the family name is one and the same, Yuengling’s Ice Cream, Orwigsburg, Pa., is unaffiliated with the Yuengling (pronounced "ying-ling") brewery. A branch of the Yuengling family will re-launch the ice cream next year. The ice cream is expected to be in grocery stores by March 2014.

Clover Organic Farms said it received non-GMO verification for eight milk and cream products. The family-owned and -operated dairy processor based in Petaluma, Calif., received the verification for eight of its organic dairy products from the Non-GMO Project.

It's not turning lead into gold, but a new process does allow turning acid whey into value-added dairy products, such as high-protein fermented beverages, whey smoothies and fermented desserts.

Five dairy processors, accounting for more than 20% of U.S. milk production, have committed to a voluntary set of best practices for traceability. That's just one of many stories on dairyfoods.com this week.

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) has acquired Dairy Maid Dairy. Located in Frederick, Md., Dairy Maid is a family-owned processor of milk, juice and fruit drinks. Dairy Maid has been owned and operated by the Vona family since 1946.

Lou Gentine, Chairman and CEO of Sargento Foods Inc., announced Monday that he will retire as Chief Executive Officer  at the end of the year and that the Board of Directors has approved the promotion of Louie Gentine to CEO.

The USDA's Dairy Market News reports that that Process cheese sales are “strong” while Natural cheese sales are “off a little” in the Midwest. Overall, most manufacturers are “comfortable” with the current cheesemaking situation. 

The magazine nominated 13 dairy processing plants that manufacture fluid milk, cheese, ice cream or cultured dairy products. All had been featured in Dairy Foods magazine and on dairyfoods.com over the previous 18 months. 

Rabobank says that dairy trade flows into the ASEAN-6 region (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) surpassed 1.6 million tonnes in 2012, equating to a 5.5 billion dollar export opportunity for producers. The region is one of the few remaining dairy battlegrounds, and the current boom in demand has triggered intense competition between international producers.